Philadelphia Union Academy announced today that Abdoulaye Diop and Landon Mulvenna have been selected for the upcoming U-16 Boys' National Team training camp held in Spain.
U.S. Under-16 Boys’ National Team head coach Paul Simpson named a 20-player roster for the team’s international training camp which will be held from Oct. 29-Nov. 8 in L’Albir, Spain.
Continuing the process toward qualification for the 2027 FIFA U-17 World Cup, the U-16 BNT will play three matches during the camp, facing Sweden on Nov. 3, taking on Spain on Nov. 6 and closing out the trip against Qatar on Nov. 8. All three matches will be played at 11 a.m. local time (5 a.m. ET).
The camp is part of the Federation’s continued focus on the U.S. Way philosophy, which emphasizes increased programming for Youth National Teams to create more opportunities for young players to advance through the pathway to the senior National Team with the goal of representing their country at a world championship.
Eighteen of the 20 players come from 12 different Major League Soccer setups. Atlanta United leads the way with four selections, followed by Chicago Fire (three) and Philadelphia Union (two). Charlotte FC, Columbus Crew, FC Dallas, Inter Miami, Sporting Kansas City, LAFC, LA Galaxy, New England Revolution and St. Louis City each have one player on the roster.
All players are born on or after Jan. 1, 2010.
U-16 BOYS NATIONAL TEAM (2010) - ROSTER BY POSITION (Club; Hometown)
GOALKEEPERS (2): Connor Dale (Inter Miami; West Palm Beach, Fla.), Jason Nemo Jr. (Chicago Fire; Evanston, Ill.)
DEFENDERS (6): Miles Aalbersberg (Ajax/NED; Amsterdam, Netherlands), Jeremiah Alexander- Munoz (Charlotte FC; Concord, N.C.), Luca Antongirolami (Sporting Kansas City; Kansas City, Mo.), Fred Bond (Atlanta United; Atlanta, Ga.), Oluwaseyitan Fakiyesi (Atlanta United; Marietta, Ga.), Landon Mulvenna (Philadelphia Union; Philadelphia, Pa.)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Abdoulaye Diop (Philadelphia Union; Washington, D.C.), David IIevbare (Atlanta United; Atlanta, Ga.), Christopher Morales (Chicago Fire; Chicago, Ill.), Abraham Prado (LAFC; West Covina, Calif.), Noe Santillan (Atlanta United; Lawrenceville, Ga.), Alex Soria (FC Dallas; Burleson, Texas), Robert Turdean (Chicago Fire FC; Niles, Ill.)
FORWARDS (5): Ikenna Chidebe (LA Galaxy; Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Jamil Danjaji (Columbus Crew; Columbus, Ohio), Da'vian Kimbrough (Sacramento Republic; Woodland, Calif.), Brandon Velez (New England Revolution; Concord, Mass.), Blake Wilson (St. Louis City; St. Louis, Mo.)
